Recognised as Colour

#9BCD53

#9BCD53
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#9BCD53 is a green with RGB values 155, 205, 83 and HSL 85°, 55%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#9BCD53

RGBrgb(155, 205, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8039, 0.3255

RGB percentages60.8%, 80.4%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(84.6, 55%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(84.6, 59.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK24.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,210,643

CSS custom property--colour: #9BCD53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#6432AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C045no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBD5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A0C5B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.6 Light green · ΔE 22.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.7 Pale green · ΔE 24.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.7 Khaki · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8553CD

Analogous#CDC253, #5ECD53

Triadic#539BCD, #CD539B

Split complementary#535ECD, #C253CD

Tetradic#53CDC2, #8553CD, #CD535E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7FBF1

Lighter +30%#E0EFCA

Lighter +20%#C9E4A2

Lighter +10%#B2D87B

Darker −10%#82B835

Darker −20%#66902A

Darker −30%#4A691E

Darker −40%#2E4113

More saturated +25%#A0E937

Less saturated −25%#96B16F

Channel breakdown

R155

G205

B83

Red155 (60.8%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue84.59°

Saturation (HSL)54.95%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G CD · B 53

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Colour harmonies

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